TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THE SAMUEL NEAMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECT IFISE. An Evaluation of the Israeli Technological Incubator Program and Its Projects Final Report Prof. Daniel Shefer Dr. Amnon Frenkel February 2002.

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The data were collected by means of two well-constructed questionnaires.

Managers of 21 of the 24 existing incubators were personally interviewed and samples of 109 projects were examined between May and September 2001.

The incubators and the projects within them, were divided into sub-groups: by geographic location (Metropolitan, Intermediate, and Peripheral), type of incubator (general and specialized), and type of sponsorship.

The importance of proximity to place of residence emerge as the major reason for selecting the particular incubator, in general type as well as in specialized type of incubator, and in all fields of activity.

Fordrugs project, similar projects within the incubator are also important

The highest share of venture capital in a project’s average budget in metropolitan regions (11.2%), and the lowest is in peripheral regions (3.1%), can be associated with the degree of risk to the investment in each region